Cheaper by the Dozen? Woman claims to be pregnant with 12 babies

[TitsMcGee]

A WOMAN is soon to deliver a record-breaking 12 BABIES, it was claimed today.

The teacher is expecting six boys and six girls, according to reports.She conceived the tots following fertility treatment, after suffering a number of miscarriages.

British fertility experts confirmed the extraordinary pregnancy in Gafsa, Tunisia, was possible - but carried "colossal" risks.

The mum - who has not yet been named - reportedly told doctors she was "feeling fine and looking forward to hugging her six boys and six girls".

She is said to be in 'good health' but subject to constant medical monitoring.

The father, named in local reports only as Marwan, said: "In the beginning, we thought that my wife would give birth to twins, but more foetuses were discovered. Our joy increased with the growing number."

He claimed she wanted to give birth naturally, but medical experts claimed this would be impossible.

The Tunisian health and social ministries have said they will offer various forms of assistance to the family.

Dr Mark Hamilton, of the British Fertility Society, said: "Twelve babies seems extraordinary.

"The woman could have been receiving ovulation induction treatment, which stimulates egg production. You don't have the same control as with IVF."

In January Nadya Suleman of California, US, stunned the world by delivering eight healthy tots.

And in May, Nuala Conway, 26, from Dunamore in Co Tyrone, gave birth to sextuplets - four girls and two boys. One of the girls died in July.

Yah...this works better than anything I could say.

Edited August 17, 2009 by TitsMcGee

[TitsMcGee]

Hmm can one of the mods fix the splling in the title since I'm apparently stupid today and can't spell.

[Rev.Reverence]

So...how does WILD CHANCE equal that fucked up family?

I don't get it...it'ld be another thing if she had a bunch of kids, but, she does not, she wanted 1, & ended up with 12...not like that friekish family.....who keep doing it on purpouse...

...you have grown mean.

[bean]

That is why I would never use fertility treatments. If we ever decide to have children, I don't want to give birth to a litter. If I can't physically have children, we would adopt.

Edited August 17, 2009 by bean water

[Raev]

fix't

[TygerLili]

fix't

Nope, "pregnant" is still spelled wrong in the title.

As for the article, it's rather sad, because it seems pretty evident that this woman's doctors haven't properly informed her how little chance there is that all twelve babies will even survive the pregnancy, especially if she has a history of miscarriages. Not to mention, there is a huge risk of the babies who are carried to term having major health complications. One of the many reasons I am against fertility treatments.

[Slogo]

kudos

the motivational poster was the first thing in my mind when i read the article

[StormKnight (1)]

Take two on the fix.

[junefun28]

WOW

why would anyone put them self through that knowing the risks

[TitsMcGee]

So...how does WILD CHANCE equal that fucked up family?

I don't get it...it'ld be another thing if she had a bunch of kids, but, she does not, she wanted 1, & ended up with 12...not like that friekish family.....who keep doing it on purpouse...

...you have grown mean.

If she was using traditional IVF treatments it would be a wild chance seeing as they only implant 3-4 eggs. But this woman was most likely using ovulation induction treatment, which means a lot more eggs were in play. That's not a wild chance, that is being totally irresponsible. And if you would have read between the lines you would have realized that by clown car I meant by 12 babies being in her uterus at the same time.

And if thinking that women bringing that many kids into the world is retarded, then yes I most defiantly am mean.

[Simon Bar Sinister]

It would be cool if she grew 10 more tits!

Edited August 18, 2009 by SpammerOvTheGods

[Raev]

It would be cool if she grew 10 more tits!

This would be true for almost any woman

*ducks*

[taysteewonderbunny]

And if thinking that women bringing that many kids into the world is retarded, then yes I most defiantly am mean.

That is a beautiful Freudian slip: defiantly versus definitely. I don't always agree with you, but I think you are awesome nonetheless.

I don't know anything firm about fertility treatments, but I still agree that there is something remiss in either that woman's medical treatment/advice or the mother's mental condition to attempt something so risky to herself and her progeny as to carry and deliver twelve human babies at once. When there are numerous conceptions such as this, aren't some of the embryos culled and destroyed in many cases? If so, was this woman aware of that practice? And did she refuse it in her case?

Anyway, the story made me curious as to the record size of mammalian litters and I looked it up on the webs. The most recent information I could locate cited the 1995 Guinness Book of World Records:

The award for the largest litter size ever goes to a domestic mouse--34!

(33 of them survived.)

The award for the largest litter among wild animals goes to the tailless

tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. Record:

31, with 30 survivals. The normal litter size is 12-15, although females

can suckle up to 24.

Anyone with more recent information, please send me a link. Thanks.